Table 3.
Diagnoses based on either conventional transbronchial biopsy (TBB) or TBB using endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath (EBUS-GS).
| TBB (n = 19) | EBUS-GS (n = 19) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant lesions | Total diagnostic | 3 | 8 | 0.053 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 0 | 1 | ||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 3 | 5 | ||
| Small cell carcinoma | 0 | 1 | ||
| Non-small cell carcinoma | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total non-diagnostic | 11 | 6 | ||
| Benign lesions | Total diagnostic | 1 | 4 | 0.103 |
| Inflammatory lesion | 0 | 3 | ||
| Non-tuberculous mycobacteria | 1 | 0 | ||
| Microscopic polyangiitis | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total non-diagnostic | 4 | 1 |